Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-11-15
.AND SOL GAVE UP TRYING r

land SOL GAVE uf TkflNo
"And col gave up tsyips!" Thsss
words. when they come from the heart,
and ere spoken In ell truth and sincerity,
ere the ssddsst that may be uttered. !
have heard them many time. bat never
without . skuddsr. There u In them .
suggestion of dss,h.in.lifs that is fall Of
terror. They imply that the sou! which
ui,sr them has BEEN tping--tpine Tor
somsthine; and whatever m may have
teen, ~e feel ct once that u was some
thing good-somsihing Ioble; for there
10 no bar TO wiebsdnsss, and TO be ieno-
be doss no, rquire trying.
But to give up uyirg-,hink Of u.
VIVA, . dsaih.knsll fof hearts not ye,
turned to clay To ~h., . pass mus,
life have come; ~hat die.ry looking
forward Il nus, be. when the mornings
freshnsss matters nothing; When there u
no longer IN, Inspiration In the air, aud
one s~sk,s and watches the slow dawn
breaking upon the lev ~oIl5-hew for
ever to The hop,fal--and hears The birds
bliihs 80 svr among the trees. b, the
rivers brink. o. on the near hill ard
yet feels no stirring u the heart. no
slightest inclination to renew the s,iug-
gle to attain. II IL like death! ! can
think Of nothing % wpiehed. "And %
II gave up Trying" "And 'o"-for
whsl cause, Well. the way ". too
steep. OF I lO., all my in,,rs', In Il. or J
vas mistaken. l dill no, Pos's. the
ability thought. OF there ". no sy'n'
PATTY. or health failed, OF too nah,
hand. v,rs raised against ne aid ! W.
driven 10 despair. Whatever may have
been the aim proposed. whatever may
have made up the sum a the sd,erity
which could no, b. OVERCOME. ~s fesl
that the star u that lie has set, and
there IL ba, the ls,sl. spiri,lss horfon
stretched sgsins, the sky u nigh, and
the hesdles feet which hsneefoi,h will
20 stumbling slOns the twilight path
w,r, better. far better. fs,,srsd IN grave
el.y-bst,,r ihs, the s.rle's lie ~sfv
done with altogether.
There s plain daiy Which life DE-
mand. u those ~tO walk sun'ily TIE
jocatd road Of prosperity ard ,ueee" ;
and tha, i.. ih., thy ,hsll tsAe heed
rot 10 sow 10 the hearts u lees fortunate
ones the seeds Of despair. III hey can
not. o. gill not. lerd helping hand. let
them si lees, refrain from building esr-
n.r bshind them upon the path they
climb. Thee hinder only the weak
The strong To-. them aside. With smile
Of eon,smp, for the MEAN 'osl OF The
builder who thus ~sis sgsins, the un.
fortunate
Never give Up trying. .bs's'ef joa
may b., and ~EA's,'r may be the threat
sning III. which rise against you. What
n sod. .nd men and the -kols world op-
po.e you, 1hsfs 10 sl-sy' some place
~hsr, the ,Oal Cen H. ip,lf Ih'fe i'
10 d,f,s, ,xssp, frvm within Il'ie Is
tell, TO ia,ufmoan,sbls binisf. save
your Own inh,rrt ~esknsss Of parros,'
Ih.rs /. no poser either In hs.''n %
earth ths, can successfully Oppose the
on~.id eOur.s q the perfectly ds'sfmin-
"a ,ool. succo., I. the world n.me' H.
i, bu, . word. which with the neat breath
may ,isbify defeat. ia, success a. the
,oul knows IL, /, to have within the aus
tsinibg sn- 81 rsh, and al slh'h
purpose. There 10 10 failure except IN
no longer tying Never cease 10 Jet the
eyes ht themselves upon the f.f-eh star
iii death shall have dsikersd the light
within them. For - 20 live. and % 10
die. |. after eli the only success. -hs,
ever the world may call Il.
"And col gave up tying. l have
heard these words when the liP. uenbl'
Cd ard the tear. would force themselves
into the ,y,,; aud have lizard 'h'm
when the LIP. altering them smiled esie'
ls.ly, aud the eJo looked TO -h'l
dimmed. hat 80 often 80 have heard
them have felt . strange shock, a
though come impossible thing had hap
pensd and never could look upon tbs
speaker wiihog, in~srdly ssel.iming'
wh,r, 10, you ,ks, sublime strength. Il
tear +. grief 90 insupPori.bls : From
VIA, planet did you pluck the unes''hll
courage to speak thee words. the moot
melancholy. the most hssrt-rnding
"And col gave up trying '-RoSo'
Barn, Wilson "a he Critic.